There are times when this blog feels like a collection of photos of mobility scooters, inappropriate glassware, perfumed hand wash and unconvincing tribute acts.
But isn’t that pretty much life ? *
So what’s a Friday night out in Penrith like ?
Well, start in the newish (non-GBG) Spoons and find out.
This former nightclub has kept the folk who dress up and added the folk like us who dress down, a winning combination.
At the bar I admired a fabulous looking pint of ale belonging to the bloke next to me, and got my last two Spoons vouchers ready.
“That’s John Smiths Smooth. £1.99, you can’t whack** it !”
Yes you can, mate. My two pints cost £1.79 with beard club discount. Actually, I had the two Locales. They were decent enough, but the Wainwright was winning the battlefor the wooden spoon on the bar.
Mrs RM, showing extreme levels of disregard for sensible drinking rules, sent me back to the bar for the Manager’s Special.
Rum and coke for £1.49, you can’t whack that. I bought her two and left her to watch the World Cup while I went off to find my GBG tick. And use the WiFi of course. If she ordered herself a chocolate fudge cake I never found out.
*It’s coming home.
**Never heard that before.
retiredmartin 
Certainly not in that context.
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Sounds like the kind of thing you’d here on Tyneside but new to me,
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Is that the guy who’s doing vocals on Meatloaf’s next tour?
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😉. Can’t be worse.
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“But isn’t that pretty much life?” After much thought, you can only hope this is true. The blog’s true wisdom comes through.
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It is, of course, possible to over-simplify these things.
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With regards to the OS map; not quite sure why it just says “Castle (rems of)” with the name Penrith at the front. 😉
“This former nightclub has kept the folk who dress up and added the folk like us who dress down, a winning combination.”
It’s like Upstairs, downstairs, only on the same floor. 🙂
“Did Jamaica. No she drunk them of her own accord”
Almost missed that. (slow golf clap)
“Odd spherical object still there”
It does look bigger than usual in that photo.
Cheers
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“It’s like Upstairs, downstairs, only on the same floor. 🙂”
Oh, that’s brilliant, Russ. I’ll use that again.
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I like Mrs RM’s style!
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You really have created a collection of “unconvincing tribute act” photos by now; to see them all side by side would be both hilarious and (if you stop to think about them for a bit) profoundly sad. 😉
I remember a friend advocating for the idea of ordering rum & cokes years ago: “The rum makes you a little tired, but then the Coca-Cola wakes you up.”
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If I didn’t have beer ahead of me I’d have joined her. Much enjoyed the Jamaica run on our Windies tour last time.
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I’ve never seen the sense in tribute acts, convincing or not.
Either you were there when there was proper music or you have sadly missed out.
It’s as bad as a microbrewery of different owners using different ingredients in different premises for a lighter coloured, stronger and hoppier beer that’s passed off with a name and trademark lifted from a fifty year old beermat.
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Mark,
That comment about rum and cokes reminds me of Jeffrey Bernard who was well known in the Coach and Horses, Greek Street and one distinguished consultant is said to have introduced Jeff to a group of medical students with the words “This is Mr. Bernard who closes his arteries every day with 60 cigarettes and opens them up again with two bottles of vodka.”
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I’m going back to the Coach & Horses soon for sentimental reasons.
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Martin,
You could do worse than Stafford’s Coach and Horses.
It’s a “Craft Union” pub, which of course means Enterprise, and the cask beers are £2 a pint.
The last two times I’ve had Wychwood Hobgoblin, not my favourite from the Marston’s portfolio, and GK’s Bo66y.
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Hobgoblin used to be a popular choice. I might opt for Donnington over Hobgoblin these days !
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Not sure if it’s me, but this blog feels like it’s becoming a collection of photos of mobility scooters, inappropriate glassware, perfumed hand wash and unconvincing tribute acts. 😜
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and miserable Yorkshiremen. Don’t forget the miserable Yorkshiremen, Rich.
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Retired Martin – sponsored by Marston’s PLC!
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Mobility scooters tribute acts and a quiz are all you need…oh yes good beer is a big bonus..
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You seem to get all three on many of your visits !
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Indeed!!!
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